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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Those Places Thursday: Your Last Chance

Those Places is a
daily prompt at Geneabloggers that invites family historians to post photos and
stories about places their ancestors lived.

This is the final installment of a series based on my
great-aunt Velma Davis Woodring’s scrapbook that she kept during her freshman
year at Harrisonburg Teachers College (now James Madison University).

This gas station on Route 11 between Harrisonburg and
Staunton, Virginia advertises itself as Your Last Chance.

Velma captioned it:
Scene near HTC 1925. Gas was about 20-23 cents a gallon. That equates to about $2.63-$3.02 per gallon
today. Not too much different from today's rate.

I've always chucked at the "last chance" signs along the roads. Even official transportation agencies post signs that say things "like last gas for 250 miles"! And it's amazing that the price of gas then and now is relatively the same.

The gas prices have fluctuated greatly here in Virginia. Right now it's about $3.09 but it was $2.99 a couple weeks ago. Still, I'm surprised how close the price of gas today is to what it was in Velma's day.

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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